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5th period did an awesome job on their Body System Wiki. Check it out here:

http://bodysystemswalker5.wikispaces.com/

We are going to start the Invertebrates assignment tomorrow since I have the computers available.  You can access that document in the previous post.  I can’t wait for all the awesome products from this unit!

Monday – I will only see 5th period.  They will receive a body systems Review Tuesday – Body Systems Test Review Wednesday – Body Systems Test Thursday – All freshmen will participate in an EOC Review Academy to prepare for the EOC. In class I will be presenting the Invertebrate BINGO assignment.  Starting next Monday, [...]

This week we are finishing up our body system wiki pages. The students are working togethere to research the body systems and create “web” pages to display their information.  I am also having them make a web tool to embed on their wiki page.  The wiki is due Friday at the beginning of class and [...]

Our plant test is on Wednesday. Here are the answers to the review:

Plant Kingdom Test Review answers

BIOLOGY NOTES CHAPTER 23 This week we will be doing several labs including Dissecting the Flower Cell Specialization (Stomata) Seed Lab We will also be concluding the Tropism Lab and the Plant experiment Lab On Friday, students will prepare a Lab report and turn it in electronically. The Plant Notes are still available and will be due [...]

We will be studying plants for the next 2 weeks. Students will be doing a wide variety of labs and activities in class covering the evolution of plants, plant parts and their function, plant response, and experiments with plants. Students will also be required to watch the plant notes on video for a grade that [...]

BIOLOGY NOTES CH 21 and 22 combined
Chapter 21 Review
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Lesson from 2/27/12
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYGjO68KTR8&context=C3078647ADOEgsToPDskISubfZevZrXPjnw2bsGih1
Lesson from 3/2/12
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwQjYPXPv6U&context=C3f4474cADOEgsToPDskLAC60zo2f5DWtSV_8QABIC

Monday – Comparing Protists (drawings and chart) Tuesday – Life in a Drop of pond Water Video and Quiz Wednesday – Protists on the Microviewer Thursday – Observing Protists in Pondwater Friday – Comparing Fungi (drawings and chart) Monday – The World of Fungi Video Tuesday – Fungi on the Microviewer Wednesday – Freshmen will [...]

A few changes to this week’s plans
Wednesday – 4th six weeks test
Thursday – Bacteria/Virus Review
Friday – Bacteria and Virus Test (will go on 5th six weeks grades)

The bacteria section of notes for Chapter 20 is now ready to be viewed on Youtube at walkers bacteria notes or click on the link. http://youtu.be/ZArPGI_8um8 Students will be given the guided notes to go along with the bacteria and virus notes. Here is an electronic copy if they lose their hard copy. Biology NotesChapter 20 [...]

Today begins our more in-depth study of each biological kingdom. Wednesday – Intro to bacteria and coloring and identifying the bacteria ultrastructure. Thursday – Viruses on the Microviewer Friday – Virus coloring and comparing and contrasting types of viruses. Monday is an early release day! Monday – Compare and contrast bacteria and viruses Tuesday – [...]

This week we are studying Classification and the 6 Kingdoms. Monday we started with a fun activity of classifying a “new species” of organisms. We also practiced our classification skills by classifying sharks. Tuesday we will be comparing and contrasting the characteristics of the 6 kingdoms. I will be at the technology conference on Wednesday, [...]

This week we are studying relationships between organisms and their environment. Today the students learned about the 3 symbiotic relationships and got to design their own symbiotic relationship. Tomorrow we will do an oil spill lab and then Wednesday we will be watching a video on the Rain Forest. Thursday will be notes and Friday [...]

I hope you have had a restful holiday break. We will be watching Jurassic Park starting Monday to tie together our previous study of genetics, DNA, genetic engineering and evolution, which is our next unit. On Tuesday, students will be taking a semester test using their scrapbook. We should be concluding Jurassic park on Thursday [...]

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